Autobiography of Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes, U.S. Navy 1798-1877
by WILKES, REAR ADMIRAL CHARLES & MORGAN, WILLIAM JAMES ET AL (Eds)
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Dept. of the Navy, Naval History Division 1978. TIDY ex-library, imperial octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt naval motif to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, xxii + 944pp, illus, VG+ (usual library markings, light scuffing to boards, sl. bruising to extrems)
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- Title
- Autobiography of Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes, U.S. Navy 1798-1877
- Author
- WILKES, REAR ADMIRAL CHARLES & MORGAN, WILLIAM JAMES ET AL (Eds)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dept. of the Navy, Naval History Division 1978
- Keywords
- US America military navy naval history autobiography Charles Wilkes illustrated
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